Very strange thing happened to my QTEK 2020:
I had installed the Widcomm Bluetooth Stack the 'Bluetooth.cab' floating around and I was not pleased with it nor did I truly need it and tried uninstalling and NO GOOD. Hard Reset and I in turn started from scratch with reinstalls. Here is my problem:
Upon the Hard reset there is no longer a camera.exe nor album.exe in the \windows directory - and the button of course is not assigned to the Camera because it IS NOT THERE!
This is a HARD reset peeps! It is inherent in the ROM 1.60.00WWE, no? How is this possible? Did this villainous bluetooth.cab do this? I have tried again hard resetting to see if there was anything and EVERY time there is no Camera nor Album installed!
I have installed the Camera/Album 2.5 which came from HTC inherent in the 1.72 ROM and it works great until I soft reset and then it locks the device so there is not a solution there.
Very strange indeed, any comments or remedies?
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i've had the same problem with at times a hardreset would not load my extented rom programs another hardreset or opening the extented rom manualy and running the cab files solves it
Looks like part of the extROM was not installed.
Check the config.txt if its still complete. If not: repair it.
Check is the cabs are still in the extrom. If not: didnt you forgot to lock the extrom when you hard-reset the device? You have to get new cabs then.
I think the old versions are lying around somewhere.
OR: Upgrade to 1.72.00! Good occasion now.
Thanks
Thanks for the help... I didnt even know all of the possibilities of unlocking the ROM and seeing what is in there!!! This little machine is COOL!!
I suppose backing up the External ROM is 100% important now that I know it is there!!!
Thanks again for all of the help.
I installed the ExtROM unlocker and re-installed the camera 1.5 cab that was there, rebooted and tried out the camera and it is giving me the same problems as the 2.5 version of the camera did... I will leave it alone for the time being, I didnt really use the camera that much any way
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tried out the camera and it is giving me the same problems as the 2.5 version of the camera did
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what problem ?
I dont know what happened, but I replaced the older version of the Camera CAB with the 2.5 and changed the config file and then locked the ExtRom then hard reset and the camera works fine as it should...
Before ithe device was locking up - just a black screen when the camera was called... not any more.
Again, thanks for all of the help! This forum is amazing!
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Well... I've posted earlier about my S100 and the "Button Lock" feature which doesn't work properly...
Things are getting worse. Now I can't save pictures onto my SD-card anymore (and yes, I have tried with another SD-card). When I capture a foto, the camera app crashehs and I'm back at the Today screen - with all colours inverted in a strange way. Only way to solve this is either a softreset or switching back so that the camera saves to the internal memory instead of the SD card...
So.. Now I'm wondering if I can flash it again since Hardresets won't solve my problems. I've updated my S100 from ROM 1.03.148 WWE to the newer ROM 1.06.116 WWE released by Brighpoint sweden. Can I simply run this update again - or does it require that i have the older ROM present to work?
I've emailed brighpoint's techsupport, but no response so far... Don't want to ruin it...
I found out only a few days after I installed the 1.64.08.21 radio rom that my camera was not working anymore :
black screen, hyper slow, "Unable to capture photo. Unable to get frame data from camera device.", cannot switch from rear to front camera, forced to kill the process to exit.
I saw a few threads related to Kayser saying that camera problems were linked to radio rom.
I tried many combinations to revert :
1.64.08.21
1.58.25.14
1.58.21.23
1.70 OliNex
nothing changed : camera still not working (although it worked well with Olinex and 1.58 before I switched to 1.64)
I even tried different main rom sets and SPLs to come back to the original config : HardSPL 2.20, SPL Original, WM6.1 bepe 67, WM6.1 Aserg, SFR 1.25.406.1, SFR original... camera still not working.
The only positive thing is the Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00_NEW_HTC_FIX.cab released on Kayser that makes the camera application usable again (not slow anymore, but screen is completely scrambled, multicolor and showing front camera image when using the rear camera, and switching between rear and front cameras shows that the front camera only works, keeps saying "unable to capture photo" when using the main rear camera (and sometimes with a strange sound like some diaphragm trying to autofocus).
The phone did not receive any shock, so I am a bit skeptical about a hardware issue suddenly rising, but I am concerned by the fact that reverting to any rom does not make the camera working anymore after 1.64.08.21.
My latest working config was
WM6.1 Bepe 0.67 Standard
1.70 OliNex
Please share and if someone found a way to make the camera work again (if this issue is software only and can be fixed...) that would be great !
boldbull said:
I found out only a few days after I installed the 1.64.08.21 radio rom that my camera was not working anymore :
black screen, hyper slow, "Unable to capture photo. Unable to get frame data from camera device.", cannot switch from rear to front camera, forced to kill the process to exit.
I saw a few threads related to Kayser saying that camera problems were linked to radio rom.
I tried many combinations to revert :
1.64.08.21
1.58.25.14
1.58.21.23
1.70 OliNex
nothing changed : camera still not working (although it worked well with Olinex and 1.58 before I switched to 1.64)
I even tried different main rom sets and SPLs to come back to the original config : HardSPL 2.20, SPL Original, WM6.1 bepe 67, WM6.1 Aserg, SFR 1.25.406.1, SFR original... camera still not working.
The only positive thing is the Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00_NEW_HTC_FIX.cab released on Kayser that makes the camera application usable again (not slow anymore, but screen is completely scrambled, multicolor and showing front camera image when using the rear camera, and switching between rear and front cameras shows that the front camera only works, keeps saying "unable to capture photo" when using the main rear camera (and sometimes with a strange sound like some diaphragm trying to autofocus).
The phone did not receive any shock, so I am a bit skeptical about a hardware issue suddenly rising, but I am concerned by the fact that reverting to any rom does not make the camera working anymore after 1.64.08.21.
My latest working config was
WM6.1 Bepe 0.67 Standard
1.70 OliNex
Please share and if someone found a way to make the camera work again (if this issue is software only and can be fixed...) that would be great !
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Flash Original ROM and you're back in business.
reyjabs said:
Flash Original ROM and you're back in business.
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Not true
I flashed all roms including the original one (raramomo_ROM_SFR_Original) and still not working.
(one strange thing, I thought the splash boot screen was part of the original rom, but it stays even after flashing the original rom)
would it be possible that software broke the hardware ?
Personally I think your hardware had issues before you flashed this Radio. I am running the same radio and have been for awhile now without issues.
Camera and Viddeo works fine....
I had the same problem - I flashed my Polaris and after it "Unable to initialize camera" I tried use other ROM without good result. I had to flashed to original WWE ROM and sent to servis - of course by warranty ;o) Next week I will have my Polaris after service
bkeaver said:
Personally I think your hardware had issues before you flashed this Radio. I am running the same radio and have been for awhile now without issues.
Camera and Viddeo works fine....
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mmh... camera has worked flawlessly since the beginning and after many flashes, until I flashed that specific radio rom (once again no physical shock so no reason that it does not work suddenly)
It also seems that I am not the only one having that issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=351044
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349375
but downgrading radio rom did not fix anything like said in threads...
k9nelly said:
I had the same problem - I flashed my Polaris and after it "Unable to initialize camera" I tried use other ROM without good result. I had to flashed to original WWE ROM and sent to servis - of course by warranty ;o) Next week I will have my Polaris after service
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that is my concern : how possible a soft can break the hardware ? (and apparently not for everybody)
I hope a soft solution exists (I want to avoid sending the phone to service and waiting for a new one, but that seems to be the only issue)
unable to initialize camera - solution
Solution is unbelievably simple. Take out the microSD card. Take out the battery and leave it outside the phone for at least 15 minutes (found this hint in other forum). Then put the battery back into the phone and start the phone without microSD card. Et voila camera is working. Don't ask me how it is possible.
//some comments says that it didn't help them either (don't know if they took out even the microSD card)
UPDATED: After few days the same problem "unable to initialize..." nothing helps (battery, hard reset, anything)
HTC Polaris (Touch Cruise)
ROM Bepe Premium 0.67 WM6.1
Radio Rom: 1.64.08.21
Very odd issue! I can confirm my polaris is working fine (camera ok).
Hobbit_CZ said:
Solution is unbelievably simple. Take out the microSD card. Take out the battery and leave it outside the phone for at least 15 minutes (found this hint in other forum). Then put the battery back into the phone and start the phone without microSD card. Et voila camera is working. Don't ask me how it is possible.
//some comments says that it didn't help them either (don't know if they took out even the microSD card)
HTC Polaris (Touch Cruise)
ROM Bepe Premium 0.67 WM6.1
Radio Rom: 1.64.08.21
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no luck : did not work for me, even with SD out, even with a hard reset after 15 minutes off with battery and SD out... camera still sluggish and black.
still need to intall the Nadavi fix for Kaiser to make the camera tool reactive and be able to switch to front camera but the rear one is still not available...
Try to find the file "Camera.exe" in windows directory, and run it from there.
If the camera is working, than just create a new link to camera in programs folder.
shayd said:
Try to find the file "Camera.exe" in windows directory, and run it from there.
If the camera is working, than just create a new link to camera in programs folder.
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yes, the camera application is working, but not possible to capture photo/get frame data from camera device.
Camera working again !
shayd said:
Try to find the file "Camera.exe" in windows directory, and run it from there.
If the camera is working, than just create a new link to camera in programs folder.
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you know what ? thanks to your idea, I completely deleted all camera.xxx files in /windows, and decided to install the Nadavi_OLD_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00.cab camera tool (found in the Kaiser section) :
I received a message telling me that it could not properly remove the old camera version, proposed to install whatever, which I did, and then restart.
And tada !! After weeks of flashing differents Roms or radios (which proved to be useless) it is working back again !
This is a completely crazy software bug not at all related to the hardware !
Thanks to all and especially you Shayd for sharing your ideas, that finally helped me !
boldbull said:
you know what ? thanks to your idea, I completely deleted all camera.xxx files in /windows, and decided to install the Nadavi_OLD_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00.cab camera tool (found in the Kaiser section) :
I received a message telling me that it could not properly remove the old camera version, proposed to install whatever, which I did, and then restart.
And tada !! After weeks of flashing differents Roms or radios (which proved to be useless) it is working back again !
This is a completely crazy software bug not at all related to the hardware !
Thanks to all and especially you Shayd for sharing your ideas, that finally helped me !
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Glad to see it helped you
Hello All
I have the same issue of camera init.
I have installed the Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00_NEW_HTC_FIX.cab and now I cannot launch the camera.exe.
Any idea to solve it without hard reseting my Polaris?
Thanks in advance!
Gadgio said:
Hello All
I have the same issue of camera init.
I have installed the Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00_NEW_HTC_FIX.cab and now I cannot launch the camera.exe.
Any idea to solve it without hard reseting my Polaris?
Thanks in advance!
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try that : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=391455
boldbull said:
try that : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=391455
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Thanks a lot for the tips!
(For info my Cruise was in Repair center last week : I could't hear my caller (maybe a solder issue) so they change the motherboard, reflash the phone and now the camera is working again).
boldbull said:
that is my concern : how possible a soft can break the hardware ? (and apparently not for everybody)
I hope a soft solution exists (I want to avoid sending the phone to service and waiting for a new one, but that seems to be the only issue)
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I had exactly the same problem with HTC Tytn. Unfortunately I never solved the problem (camera never worked well again: at times yes at times no).
Now I am with a new Polaris and I am scared of flashing anything into it.
Hi, im new to scene and already have a Imate jasjam (the TYTN) and have flashed it already to a new rom and works great.
However the HTC TouchFlo that I have seems to modified in some way as to not allow the old style Hard Reset / Soft reset, and has way diff specs for ram etc. It only has an inbuilt menu item to Master Clear the phone, but not rebuild menus etc.
Also the Elf / Elfin utility (dsixda's) to read the pda version etc will not work, and the utility to download the current spl (Dump SPL) fails as well.
and system/ >> Device Information/Hardware menu is missing on my phone
Is this common knowledge? As ive browsed here for a few days looking for the answer. All i can assume is they have implemented some lock to stop reverse engineering.
have i missed a step somewhere?
Here is a Gallery of images, to view.
http://img195.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=image011is.jpg
To add i copied dim application from my other phone (HTC TYTN), and most of the fields are empty. still says rom ver / date blank, radio and protocol blank
hardware. cpu blank, speed blank, ram size 6881394MB flash 7602288 MB, storage 72.78 MB , model and imie blank.
It doesnt matter too much with whats going on, its seems to have been manufactured less that 2 months ago and i have no problems with it.
Would have been good to slightly customise it, but nevermind.
Yup, most of the stuff have been changed.
TYTN is slightly older and therefore has more hardware buttons.
If you wish to hard reset, here you go:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryjones/2193904710/
Just to let you know that doesnt work either.
Found out how to hard reset.
Press Power, Camera, Call (green) and Disconnect (Red) , and reset with stylus.
hold buttons for 5 seconds, screen will go BLUE.
Release, all 4 buttons and when loaded system is default again.
excuse me, I have the same HTC, from China. Now it has only English. Could you help me, haw I can make it Russian?
Thanks
Help me how to change from france to english
Help me how to change from france to english ,
please can someone try to show me the way how to change language or install a new software,i have a france windows
Start -> Settings -> System -> Regional Settings.
I have 2 problems with my Touch HD:
1. the first one is related to the camera.
I tried to make a rom update which failed the first time, but when i tried the second time it all went well. The problem is that after the rom update, all the pictures and video that i've made had a lot of noise. i've attached a picture taken yesterday.
2. the second problem is with the internet connection.
all the settings are ok, doubled checked with the isp site. i'm usig vodafone and i get this messege when i try to launch the data connection: "cannot connect for an unknonw reason. To check your connections settings and change them if needed, tap Settings ...."
i've tried different versions of rom, original or 3rd party provided, including froyo and wm 6.5 with no result for neither one of the problems.
unfortunately I do not know which was the original rom. the phone was bough in january 2009.
what is the rom?
try to change camera is very easy only install a cab!
found the link in another post previous this!
Hi
Don't know if this will help, but have you tried HD Tweak? I found this sorted out my Camera software. I am on the stock WM6.1 mind.
The ROM version is 1.57.831.1 (47324) WWE
The Radio version is 1.14.25.24
i've installed two different version of drivers for the camera, but it's still not working. same problem ...